News Release

SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Interaction between Police Officers and Man at Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Case Number: 17-TCI-277   

Mississauga, ON (28 September, 2017) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 53-year-old man in North York last month.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Toronto Police Service officers attended the Yorkdale Shopping Centre after being contacted about a man’s behavior.
  • The man was arrested and taken to the police station.
  • The man was arrested again the following day.
  • At some point, the man visited a physician and he was diagnosed with a serious injury. 
    
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.

If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must

  • consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
  • depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
  • publicly report the results of its investigations

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